Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | |
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Born |
Rachel Attituq Qitsualik Nunavut |
Occupation | writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Genre | young adult literature |
Notable works | Skraelings |
Spouse | Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley |
Rachel Attituq Qitsualik-Tinsley is a Canadian writer. She was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for Skraelings, which she cowrote with her husband Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley.[1] The book was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[2]
The duo also cowrote the 2008 book Qanuq Pinngurnirmata, a volume of Inuit mythology. The book was reissued in 2015 as How Things Came to Be: Inuit Stories of Creation.[3]
She works as an Inuktitut language translator, and has written both non-fiction and short stories about Inuit culture.[4]
In 2017, she ran as a candidate in the Nunavut territorial election for the electoral district of Quttiktuq.[5] Qitsualik-Tinsley finished in last place in her riding, with 0 votes.[6]
Publications[7]
Year | Title | Author | Illustrator |
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2011 | The Shadows that Rush Past | Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Emily Fiegenschuh and Larry MacDougall |
2011 | Ajjiit | Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Andrew Trabbold |
2012 | Under the Ice | Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Jae Korim, Art Direction by Babah Kalluk |
2013 | The Raven and the Loon | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Kim Smith |
2014 | Skraelings | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Andrew Trabbold |
2014 | The Walrus Who Escaped | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Anthony Brennan |
2014 | Tuniit: Mysterious Folk of the Arctic | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Sean Bigham |
2015 | How Things Came To Be | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Emily Fiegenschuh and Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall |
2015 | Stories of Survival and Revenge: From Inuit Folklore | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Jeremy Mohler |
2017 | Why the Monster | Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Toma Feizo Gas |
References
- ↑ "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award". Quill & Quire, October 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Winnipeg authors up for GG awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Inuit culture comes alive". Guelph Mercury, August 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Taming the unfrozen North; When global warming melts the Arctic ice, look to the Inuit to adapt and survive, just as their ancestors did". Toronto Star, August 31, 2006.
- ↑ "72 candidates declare for Nunavut election as nomination period closes". CBC News, September 28, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/election/1421/constituency/965
- ↑ "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley". inhabitmedia.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
External links
- Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley at Inhabit Media